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Originally Posted by Skimmer
You can do the wheels AND spacers as long as both together change the offset no more than .25". And yes, you CAN disconnect the front swaybar. I haven't experimented with that, as severe understeer hasn't been a real problem for me. Hoosiers are legal, it's just a question of preference. I got a good deal on slightly used Kumhos, and supposedly they have more longevity than Hoosiers, so I'm hoping they last me the whole season.
The main competition in H Stock for the Fit is the Mini Cooper (not S) and Mazda3 (not Mazdaspeed). I haven't gone up against either yet. But there's a bunch of other cars in the class: Honda Civic, Scion tC, Ford Focus, BMW 318i, etc.
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Pretty much what we guessed but you have always check the rules for interpretation. The Mini will be a problem because size matters. The 3, Focus, Civic,and 315 could be a problem on open Acrosses but not on tight ones. This is what I hear from my current A/Xer who has won a bunch in his Civic.
How do you get the FIT to rotate in tight corners so often found in Acrosses with the stock bar?. (handbrake turns?) Every time we tried here all we got was lots of tire squeal and slow corner exits. Just couldn't make the Fit rotate to position for straight run out of corners; had to keep cranking the wheels all the way through the corner, resulting in a slow exit. No vehicle accelerates as fast in a curve as well as a straight line. In an A/X as well as acing, exit speed is king. Disconnecting the antisway bar did just that; rotation by application. And much faster times.
If you duisconnect the bar practice turns in a vacant parking lot to acquire the skills it takes to rotate the chasis in corners.And yes you may 'spin out' a few times learning proper rotation to aim out of the corner..
PS you can do much the same by increasing rear tire pressure or mounting smaller or less sticky rear tires. Increasing oversteer is somewhat the same as decreasing understeer. Not quite but sometimes thats all you have. Good luck.